Inventors, Got An Idea?

You've just come up with a great idea for an invention that you think could put you on easy street for the rest of your life. But has someone else already patented the same idea? Whom do you call to find out?

If you're in southwest Florida or anywhere in the country, it could very well be attorney Charles Prescott, whose practice in Sarasota helps people and businesses determine whether their ideas and innovations may require patent, copyright or trademark protection.

A graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, Mr. Prescott comes from Michigan, where he was a senior research engineer in the automotive field. With an educational background that runs the gamut from mechanical engineering to intellectual property law, Mr. Prescott is ideally suited to handle a broad range of inventions in the mechanical, electrical and chemical fields. His firm deals with inventions ranging from dental appliances to self contained aquariums to energy cells. His office opened in Sarasota in 1985 after practicing patent law in the Fort Lauderdale and Miami areas for a number of years. South Florida connections have proven beneficial in expanding his practice throughout the southern corridor of the state. The firm's focus has been in southwest Florida from Bradenton to Naples. However, by opening the practice to internet clients, a much larger client base is now being served by his practice.

Clients come in a variety of sizes and needs, from local companies needing extensive trademark protection to international manufacturers seeking patents both in the U.S. and abroad. He has done work for a major toy designer, an international hydraulics equipment manufacturer, a health care service franchise, an ophthalmology firm and architectural designers as well as individuals from all walks of life who have just made their first invention. If there is a focus of the firm, it's the individual who receives honest value and representation.

The firm has also resolved many situations where builders have encountered copyright violation concerning their architectural designs. Pirating of protected designs can create serious legal problems.

Provisional Patents

We also know the ins and outs of the new provisional patent applications to help you decide whether this new patent procedure may be beneficial in initiating patent protection for your ideas.

Software & Business Method Patents

Until recently, computer software was only protectable under copyright law. Now the patent process has added a powerful tool to broaden and protect software per se. If you have developed a new computer software concept or product, let us obtain both patent and copyright protection for broadest intellectual property coverage.

In similar fashion, methods of doing business, previously excluded from patent protection are now patentable.